d. attié, p. colas, giganon, i. giomataris, v. lepeltier, m. was
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Gain measurement in various gas mixtures and optimization of the stability. D. Attié, P. Colas, Giganon, I. Giomataris, V. Lepeltier, M. Was. TPC Jamboree, Aachen 14-16 March 2007. Overview. Systematic measurements to provide gain curves Simulations using GARFIELD/Magboltz - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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D. Attié, P. Colas, A. Giganon, I. Giomataris,
B. V. Lepeltier, M. Was
Gain measurement in Gain measurement in
various gas mixtures and various gas mixtures and
optimization of the optimization of the
stabilitystability
TPC Jamboree, Aachen 14-16 March 2007TPC Jamboree, Aachen 14-16 March 2007
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•Systematic measurements to provide gain curves
•Simulations using GARFIELD/Magboltz
•Comparisons between measurements and simulations for gain curves
•How to optimize the detector stability for ILC-TPC ?
Overview
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• Micromegas is a parallel plate gas avalanche detector with a small gap
• Micromesh held by pillars 50 m above the anode plane
Micromegas: gas amplification system
Edrift = 100-1kV/cm
Eamp = 50k-100 kV/cm
Micromesh
Drift electrode
Am
plifi
cati
on
gap ~
50
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onvers
ion
gap ~
13 m
m
― Pillars ―
Charge particle
Pads
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Setup
Description:
• Transparent plastic box of 23 cm x 23cm x 8 cm size
• “Standard” 50 m mesh of 10 cm x 10 cm size
• Sources: - Fe 55 (5.9 keV) - COOL-X (8.1 keV)
• Monitoring of: - pressure - H2O
• Gas mixing system with triple mixture available
Goals:
• find gas mixture comfortable gain margin to use into a Micromegas TPC• know as much as possible the maximum gain (to avoid spark)
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Gain measurements : simulation
Edrift ~ 220 V/cm
Longitudinal diffusion
Transversal diffusion
Drift Velocitiy
Simulations from GARFIELD/MAGBOLTZ
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Gain measurements : simulation
Simulations from GARFIELD/MAGBOLTZ
Choice : Edrift = 150 V/cm
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Gain measurements : simulation
Simulations from GARFIELD/MAGBOLTZ
Choice : Edrift = 300 V/cm
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Field (kV/cm/atm)
Ga
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Iso : 1%
Iso : 2%
Iso : 3%
Iso : 4%
Iso : 5%
CF4 : 3%, Iso : 1%
CF4 : 3%, Iso : 2%
CF4 : 3%, Iso : 3%
CH4 : 6%
CH4 : 7,5%
CH4 : 9%
CH4 : 10%
CH4 : 5%, CF4 : 3%
CH4 : 5%, CF4 : 5%
CH4 : 5%, CF4: 10%
CH4 : 10%, CF4 : 3%
CH4 : 5%, CO2 : 3%
CH4 : 10%, CO2 : 10%
CO2 : 10%
CO2 : 20%
CO2 : 30%
CO2 : 10%, Iso 2%
CO2 : 10%, Iso 5%
CO2 : 10%, Iso 10%
CF4 : 3%, CO2 : 1%
CF4 : 3%, CO2 : 3%
CF4 : 3%, CO2 : 5%
Iso : 2%, CH4 : 10%
Iso : 5%, CH4 : 10%
Iso : 10%, CH4 : 10%
Ethane 10%
Ethane 5%
Ethane 3,5%
Ethane 2%
Ethane 3,5% - CO2 10%
Ethane 3,5% - CF4 3%
Ethane 3,5% - CF4 10%
Ethane 3,5% - Iso 2%
Mixtures of gases containing argon: gain curves
iC4H10
Cold gases: CO2, CH4
C2H6
Micromegas Mesh : 50 m gap of 10x10 cm² size
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Gain
RM
S
Iso : 1%
Iso : 2%
Iso : 3%
Iso : 4%
Iso : 5%
Resolution vs. gain
Argon/Isobutane
• Best RMS for a gain between 3.103 & 6.103
• Degradation increase in inverse proportion to the quencher
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Field (kV/cm/atm)
Ga
in
Iso : 1%
Iso : 2%
Iso : 3%
Iso : 4%
Iso : 5%
CF4 : 3%, Iso : 1%
CF4 : 3%, Iso : 2%
CF4 : 3%, Iso : 3%
CH4 : 6%
CH4 : 7,5%
CH4 : 9%
CH4 : 10%
CH4 : 5%, CF4 : 3%
CH4 : 5%, CF4 : 5%
CH4 : 5%, CF4: 10%
CH4 : 10%, CF4 : 3%
CH4 : 5%, CO2 : 3%
CH4 : 10%, CO2 : 10%
CO2 : 10%
CO2 : 20%
CO2 : 30%
CO2 : 10%, Iso 2%
CO2 : 10%, Iso 5%
CO2 : 10%, Iso 10%
CF4 : 3%, CO2 : 1%
CF4 : 3%, CO2 : 3%
CF4 : 3%, CO2 : 5%
Iso : 2%, CH4 : 10%
Iso : 5%, CH4 : 10%
Iso : 10%, CH4 : 10%
Ethane 10%
Ethane 5%
Ethane 3,5%
Ethane 2%
Ethane 3,5% - CO2 10%
Ethane 3,5% - CF4 3%
Ethane 3,5% - CF4 10%
Ethane 3,5% - Iso 2%
Mixtures of gases containing argon: gain curves
Micromegas Mesh : 50 m gap of 10x10 cm² size
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• Rose-Korff approximation:
= P×A×e-B(P/E)
A, B: constants to be determined in measurements
Only applicable to fields E << 100 kV/cm.
The Townsend coefficient
• We assumes homogeneous field gain vs. amplification gap d:
G(d) = ed = (E)
is calculated by Magboltz
• But, in reality field could not be very homogeneous, not for very small gaps (i.e. high field) = (E(z))
G(d) = e[E(z)]dz
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Townsend coefficients measurements
G = N/N0 = exp[×d]
With = A×P×exp[-B×P/E]
Argon-Isobutane
B = 90,767
B = 89,1
B = 87,1
B = 90,2
B = 109,7
B = 121,4
6,8
6,9
7,0
7,1
7,2
7,3
7,4
7,5
7,6
7,7
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P/E
Ln(a
lpha
)
Iso : 5%
Iso : 4%
Iso : 3%
Iso : 2%
Iso : 1%
CH4 : 10%
Linéaire (Iso: 5%)Linéaire (Iso: 4%)Linéaire (Iso: 3%)Linéaire (Iso: 2%)Linéaire (Iso: 1%)Linéaire(CH4 : 10%)
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Ar/CH4 mixtures: measurements
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Gai
n
ArCH4 10% : Mea.
ArCH4 9% : Mea.
ArCH4 7,5% : Mea.
ArCH4 6% : Mea.
ArCH4 10% : Sim
ArCH4 9% : Sim
ArCH4 7,5% : Sim
ArCH4 6% : Sim
G < 104
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Ar/CH4: simulation vs. measurements
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Gai
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ArCH4 10% : Mea.
ArCH4 9% : Mea.
ArCH4 7,5% : Mea.
ArCH4 6% : Mea.
ArCH4 10% : Sim
ArCH4 9% : Sim
ArCH4 7,5% : Sim
ArCH4 6% : Sim
Good agreement:measurements are Consistent with simulations,
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Ar/CO2 mixtures: measurements
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E/P (V/cm/atm)
Ga
in
ArCO2 10%
ArCO2 20%
ArCO2 30%
ArCO2 10% : Sim.
ArCO2 20% : Sim.
ArCO2 30% : Sim.
G ~ 2.103
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Ar/CO2: simulation vs. measurements
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E/P (V/cm/atm)
Ga
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ArCO2 10% : Mea.
ArCO2 20% : Mea.
ArCO2 30% : Mea.
ArCO2 10% : Sim.
ArCO2 20% : Sim.
ArCO2 30% : Sim.
Agreement with the slopebut not with the absolute gain
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Ga
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TDR
TDR Simu
TDR: Ar/CH4/CO2 (92:5:3)
G < 3.103
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Ga
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TDR
TDR Simu
TDR: Ar/CH4/CO2 (92:5:3)
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Ar/C2H6: simulation vs. measurements :
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E/P (V/cm/atm)
Ga
in
ArEth 2% : Mea.
ArEth 3,5% : Mea.
ArEth 5% : Mea.
ArEth 10% : Mea.
ArEth 2% : Sim
ArEth 3,5% : Sim
ArEth 5% : Sim
ArEth 10% : Sim
UV photons ?
G < 105
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Ar/C2H6: simulation vs. measurements :
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Ga
in
ArEth 2% : Mea.
ArEth 3,5% : Mea.
ArEth 5% : Mea.
ArEth 10% : Mea.
ArEth 2% : Sim
ArEth 3,5% : Sim
ArEth 5% : Sim
ArEth 10% : Sim
Penning effect
UV photons ?
Agreement with the slope at low fields but not with the absolute gain and the photons effects
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Gai
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ArIso 1% : Mea.ArIso 2% : Mea.ArIso 3% : Mea.ArIso 4% : Mea.ArIso 5% : Mea.
Ar-CF4-Iso 1% : Mea.Ar-CF4-Iso 2% : Mea.Ar-CF4-Iso 3% : Mea.Ar-CF4-Iso 1% : SimAr-CF4-Iso 2% : SimAr-CF4-Iso 3% : Sim
Ar/iC4H10 mixtures: measurements
G ~ 105
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Ar/iC4H10: simulation vs. measurements
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Gai
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ArIso 1% : Mea.ArIso 2% : Mea.ArIso 3% : Mea.ArIso 4% : Mea.ArIso 5% : Mea.ArIso 1% : SimArIso 2% : SimArIso 3% : SimArIso 4% : SimArIso 5% : SimAr-CF4-Iso 1% : Mea.Ar-CF4-Iso 2% : Mea.Ar-CF4-Iso 3% : Mea.Ar-CF4-Iso 1% : SimAr-CF4-Iso 2% : SimAr-CF4-Iso 3% : Sim
Agreement with the slope at low fields but not with the absolute gain and the photons effects
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Gai
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ArIso 1% : Mea.ArIso 2% : Mea.ArIso 3% : Mea.ArIso 4% : Mea.ArIso 5% : Mea.ArIso 1% : SimArIso 2% : SimArIso 3% : SimArIso 4% : SimArIso 5% : SimAr-CF4-Iso 1% : Mea.Ar-CF4-Iso 2% : Mea.Ar-CF4-Iso 3% : Mea.Ar-CF4-Iso 1% : SimAr-CF4-Iso 2% : SimAr-CF4-Iso 3% : Sim
Ar/iC4H10+ 3% CF4: simulation vs. measurements
+ 3% CF4
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E/P (kV/cm/atm)
Ga
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Neon - Iso 5%
Neon - Iso 5% - Simu
Penning effect
The Penning mixture is a mixture of inert gas with another gas, that has lower ionization voltage than either of its constituents
Penning effect : Is a energy transfer from molecule A to molecule Bwhich have lower ionization potential than the first excited state of molecule A.
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E/P (kV/cm/atm)
Ga
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Neon - Iso 5%
Neon - Iso 5% - Simu
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 1%
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 1% - Simu
Penning effect
The Penning mixture is a mixture of inert gas with another gas, that has lower ionization voltage than either of its constituents
Penning effect : Is a energy transfer from molecule A to molecule Bwhich have lower ionization potential than the first excited state of molecule A.
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E/P (kV/cm/atm)
Ga
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Neon - Iso 5%
Neon - Iso 5% - Simu
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 1%
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 1% - Simu
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 1,9%
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 1,9% - Simu
Penning effect
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Ga
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Neon - Iso 5%
Neon - Iso 5% - Simu
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 1%
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 1% - Simu
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 1,9%
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 1,9% - Simu
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 10%
Neon - Iso 5% - Argon 10% - Simu
Penning effect
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Penning effect
GasIonization energy Ei
(eV)
Xe 12,1
Ar 15,7
Ne 21,6
He 24,5
Possibilities of Penning mixtures:
• Ne-Ar• Ar-Xe• Ar-Acetylene• Ne-Xe• Ar-impurities who have lower Ei ?!• …
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Estimation of the gain
Gain depends on:
• Gas mixtures properties (Penning effect, ionization energies)• Detector geometry• Gas pressure• High voltage
• Simulation: suppose that the detector is perfect, pressure and high voltage stable and constant.
• Need to take care of Penning effect but the energy transfer from molecule A to molecule B in gases is not well simulated
• It may be possible to estimate this effect using the ionization P ioni and excitation Pexci probabilities extracted from MAGBOLTZ
• We suppose that a fraction of photons from molecule A deexcitation ionize molecule B with the measured probability of transfert Ptrans.
• For the Penning mixture, the Townsend coefficient α could be replaced by αeff:
ioni,B
exci,Atransferteff P
PPαα
• Pexci,A excitation probability for molecule A
• Pioni,B ionization probability for molecule B
• Pioni,B measured probability of transfert
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Cross section of gas
Drift velocity and diffusion coefficients depend on the precision δ of the gas cross sections. This precision decreases with the complexity of the rotational and
vibrationalcross sections.
• He: δ < 0.5 %
• Ar, Xe, Ne: δ < 1 %
• Hydrocarbons with small nC (CH4, C2H6) : δ ~ 1 %
• CO2, CF4 : δ ~ 1-2 %
• iC4H10 : δ ~ 3 %
• Heavier gases: δ > 3 %
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Conclusions
•Systematic measurements will help to choose and optimize the detector stability (best , low voltage) for ILC-TPC
•Simulations using Magboltz work well for drift velocities and diffusion
•But, need to add correction factor for the Townsend coefficient used for gain calculation
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Gain vs. amplification gap
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Gain vs. amplification gap
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Gain vs. amplification gap
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Gain vs. amplification gap
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Gain vs. amplification gap
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• The resistive foil prevents charge accumulation, thus prevents sparks
• Gains higher than obtained with standard anodes can be reached
Micromegas gain
― Without resistive foil
― With resistive foil (current)
― Without resistive foil
― With resistive foil (current)
ArIso5%